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Two High School Students

Date: 09 09 1940
Description: Two high school students (boy and girl) walking on football field. "Hundred to One" It's for you! Manchester's new Fall merchandise sale. Advertisement say...
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Manchester's Show Window

Date: 01 02 1946
Description: Manchester's show window titled "A Tribute to Madison" and featuring pages from the Saturday Evening Post article about Madison being a "miniature m...
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Students with Easter Bunny

Date: 04 03 1947
Description: Students Coleman Jackson, Joe Dean, and Dick Sexton are shown meeting with the Easter Bunny that has been entertaining children in a leading department sto...
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New Voting Machine Demonstration

Date: 03 04 1948
Description: Mrs. Nels (Louise) Grimstad, 613 Riverside Drive, is shown receiving instructions on one of Madison's new voting machines from Mrs. Ralph F. (Mildred) Norr...
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Help for Fire Victims

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Joseph Rothschild, manager; Bertha Atkinson, buyer and Freda Kitson, saleswoman opened the children's and infants' department at Baron Brothers Department ...
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The Big Store

Date: 06 26 1906
Description: Group of salespeople standing in front of The Big Store.
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Janesville's Downtown

Date: 1919
Description: Pedestrians in shopping district. Cars are parked and a streetcar is coming down the street.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Princess

Date: 07 08 1949
Description: Mrs. Dana J. Dillon, advertising manager for Baron Brothers department store, 14-18 West Mifflin Street, holds a dress from the Baron's children's departme...
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Schuette Bros. Employees

Date: 1910
Description: Five female employees and one male employee posed at the jewelry counter of Schuette Brothers Store. There is an American Red Cross Christmas Seals poster ...
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Packer Parade

Date: 1971
Description: Members of United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 248 paraded on Wisconsin Avenue to draw attention to the fact that employees of the Packer Packing ...
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Red Cross Activities

Date: 03 05 1951
Description: Uniformed Siri Anderson, a Red Cross Gray Lady, purchases lingerie for a patient from Olga Meszatos at the Emporium Department Store.
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Risley Brothers Building

Date: 1944
Description: Five women look at a window display at the Schweke Brothers Store, 129 Third Street, which occupied the 1910 Risley Brothers Building. A man sits in the dr...
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Manchester Pigeon Hole Parking

Date: 11 29 1951
Description: The first commercial pigeon hole parking unit in the world was built for the Harry S. Manchester department store, behind Manchesters at the corner of Wisc...
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Sears, Roebuck, and Company Profit Sharing

Date: 02 15 1952
Description: Store manager Robert H. Anderson (left) hands out statements for the 1951 profits to six of the Sears, Roebuck, and Company employees who are members of th...
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Penney's Sales-Woman

Date: 03 02 1954
Description: Penney's saleswoman Cora Stern measures fabric at the Madison store. She was named the top saleswoman in the entire Penney's organization.
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Women's Service Exchange

Date: 03 02 1954
Description: Berta Newel serves a customer, Hazel Van Wagene, at her new job as a clerk in the yard goods department of Yost's-Kessenich's store. Mrs. Newell received e...
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Men Loading Washing Machine

Date: 09 08 1937
Description: Two employees of the Sibley, Lindsay, and Curr Company (Sibley's) department store load a washing machine from a loading dock onto the bed of an Internatio...
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Department Store Delivery Trucks

Date: 09 08 1938
Description: Four employees of Sibley, Lindsay, and Curr Company department store load wrapped packages into the backs of a fleet of eight International Model D-15 truc...
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Roy Rogers Clothing Display at Sears

Date: 11 25 1954
Description: Roy Rogers clothing on display at the new Sears store, located at 1101 East Washington Avenue.
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Dorothy Hatfield

Date: 04 24 1955
Description: Dorothy Hatfield receives a bag of silver dollars as her award from J. Jesse Hyman Sr., President of the Emporium Company, in recognition of her 13 years s...

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